Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS, is Associate Dean for Health Services Research, Distinguished Professor of Family and Community Medicine, and the Executive Director of CATALYST, the Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research in the College of Medicine (COM) at The Ohio State University (OSU). She also holds appointments in the College of Public Health and the Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatrics in COM at OSU. She has over 30 years of health services research experience, during which she has been actively involved in both performing research and disseminating research results to academic and practitioner audiences. She is internationally known for her expertise in both qualitative and mixed methods analyses and has been continuously funded for over 20 years. In addition to co-leading the Center to STOP-COVID at OSU (U54), she has led an R01 focused on applying management practices to prevent transmission of healthcare-associated infections. Her ongoing research focuses on addressing care disparities, information technology innovations in health care, population health management, and organizational development. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and Harvard University’s School of Public Health.
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Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS, is Associate Dean for Health Services Research, Distinguished Professor of Family and Community Medicine, and the Executive Director of CATALYST, the Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research in the College of Medicine (COM) at The Ohio State University (OSU). She also holds appointments in the College of Public Health and the Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatrics in COM at OSU. She has over 30 years of health services research experience, during which she has been actively involved in both performing research and disseminating research results to academic and practitioner audiences. She is internationally known for her expertise in both qualitative and mixed methods analyses and has been continuously funded for over 20 years. In addition to co-leading the Center to STOP-COVID at OSU (U54), she has led an R01 focused on applying management practices to prevent transmission of healthcare-associated infections. Her ongoing research focuses on addressing care disparities, information technology innovations in health care, population health management, and organizational development. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and Harvard University’s School of Public Health.